VINDICATION

OF

DR. PALEY'S THEORY OF MORALS.

LONDON:

IBOTSON AND PALMER, PRINTERS, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

OF

DR. PALEY'S THEORY OF

MORALS

FROM THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIONS OF

MR. DUGALD STEWART; MR. GISBORNE;
DR. PEARSON; AND DR. THOMAS BROWN.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

STRICTURES ON SOME REMARKS OF DR. WHATELY,

PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN'S HALL, OXFORD.

BY THE

REV. LATHAM WAINEWRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A.

OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

RECTOR OF GREAT BRICKHILL, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AND MEMBER
OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.

&c.

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1830:

Phil 2206.81

1868, Oct. 5T

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TO THE RIGHT REVEREND

CHARLES RICHARD SUMNER, D. D.

LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER,

&c. &c. &c.

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IN DEFENCE OF ONE OF THE FIRST WRITERS OF THE AGE,

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WITH SENTIMENTS OF UNFEIGNED RESPECT,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S

MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.